Here are a few important tips to make your home show to its best advantage:
- Curb Charisma Counts
- Some of the best buyers are the most impatient because they need to make a fast decision. If the view of your house from the street turns them off, they might not even stop to see the inside. Make the image from the street the best it can be.
- Never stay in your house with House Hunters
- Let
the Agent handle it, and remove yourself if you possibly can. Remember, the Agent
has worked many hours with these potential buyers, knows what they are looking for, and how to work with them.
- You may think an agent isn’t showing the important features of your house, but the agent knows buyers aren’t
sold by details until they’ve become emotionally involved with the big picture of your house. The presence of any member of the selling family can’t help, always unnerves buyers, and often prevents
a sale. Don’t put this obstacle in your path, leave when buyers are coming.
- Give dogs and cats a vacation
- Having pets around (especially aggressive dogs) when you’re selling a house can be incredibly expensive. Many
people are very uncomfortable around some animals and simply cannot think buy when
their minds are on bye.
- A few cans of paint and putty to brighten your houses interior
- Can be the best investment you can make to sell your house quickly. People
like to see a fresh face on a house.
- Drips do more than run up your water bill
- They can cost you a sale. Dripping faucets can focus people’s attention
on the house plumbing system and cause them to worry. Fix little problems before
they cost you a sale.
- Squeaking doors, creaking floors
- Torn screens, cracked glass, anything that needs repair dampens the house hunters enthusiasm. Many buyers believe that
for every problem they see, there are ten more hiding, waiting to be repaired.
- Hide (or neatly arrange) everything connected with work
- Lawnmowers,
garden hoses, vacuum cleaners, etc… Accent everything connected with play and relaxation – sound systems, skis,
toys in kids rooms.
- De-clutter
- Repack compactly, dispose of un-needed items, rent storage and move out as much material as you can. Closets and storage don’t look big enough if they are packed with “stuff”.
- Turn up the “shelter”
- If it’s hot, cool the house down; If it’s cold, light a crackling fire.
- Harmonize the elements
- Turn on soft music, turn off the TV. Turn on all lights, day or night,
open drapes in the daytime. A bright house looks larger and more inviting.
- You can sell “Pride of Ownership” faster and for more money
- It’s called cleanliness, and fresh cleanliness has more buyers than used dirt.
Put sparkle in your bathrooms and kitchen and you’ll take a lot more silver out.
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